Hi Shaun and all, Putting on my moderator hat for a moment. As far as the list rules are concerned we have never had any prohibitions against holiday well wishes, but however do discourage religious proselytizing. To clarify it is okay to wish someone a happy holiday, insert holiday name here, but it is not okay to preach sermons or share religious material with the list as we feel there are better places for that sort of thing. Hope that makes our stance on the subject clear.
As far as talking about holiday events and cut-off periods I think that all depends on the topic at hand. If it is gaming related, has some aspect of gaming involved, of course I think it should last as long as necessary. However, if it is holiday well wishes etc those should be on or as near to the day in question and not begin too far or last too long after the holiday. We have better things to do than send and receive lots of happy holiday messages. Cheers! On 9/24/15, Shaun Everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: > To be honest I don't mind if for whatever religious etc holiday islamic > christian holiday etc if the list or lists are flooded with traffic a > week before and maybe a week after for timezones and the like. > Only so many well wishes can ever bee sent at one time anyway and when > busy I often forget a major holiday with the acception of christmas > especially if I am busy or tired. > And in the case of the us zone, boxing day may as well be another > christmas for me as it can vary from parties to nothing doing so I can > listen to more christmas later so I don't care. > As long as the messages are generic that is. > What I can't stand is people imposing their beliefs etc on list in > general, I have family that are like this and while I respect them there > is a limit on how many times I will be able to hear sertain words and > accept them with the grace they deserve, ie the words are constantly in > every sentence. > I will leave it at that. > My point is, if someone wants to start chatting about events 3 or so > days before and 3 or so days after thats fine and in the case of > christmas I am already listening to adds on radio for it. > Heloeen is up soon. > Heck with all the game sales going round all the events like thanks > giving etc and stores its not out of place to start. > I do recieve about 200 or so messages a day, I only ask that if there > will be traffic on list for said events especially since they are > celebrated for a major part off the world that while I accept a cut off > for new threads will have to come in at some point shortly afterr the > event end, I do think people will need time based on timezone to respond > as long as they change subject after that and don't go on. > The only other thing I can fairly say is if a message about something > comes out of place when there is not an event or its like a few months > away from it or whatever well. > Its coming up to the end of the month of september now, so I guess mid > october or for the month its heloeen bits and bobs after that I guess we > can start talking about christmas eventts and ofcause on december well > its all on. > The only acceptions to all this should be if you have a set of events > that are happening online you may want to announce them before the event > so people can put it in their diaries if they want to attend. > I do try to put the entire christmas eve/ day period off from training > though to be honest I do try hard to be out by the pool or not online. > This is mainly why I am really evaluating my online activities including > testing online games during weekends though I will try to if I am not > doing anything go online. > There is a lot of family preasure to gget me out of the net collective > though. > > > > > On 25/09/2015 8:55 a.m., Thomas Ward wrote: >> Hi Dark, >> >> Good point. While I'd prefer the list not get cluttered with holiday >> well wishes for every holiday of the year I do agree that since we >> often observe Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter it is only >> fair to include other holidays in turn. >> >> >> >> On 9/24/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: >>> Happy Eid and God's blessings to any muslims on list celibrating today. >>> >>> Well why should we only ever remember Christian holidays? :D. >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> Dark. >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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